规则空间模型通过Q阵确定不可观察的知识状态,并把它转化为可观察的理想项目反应模式;其次把被试观察反应模式划归为某个理想项目反应模式.该文指出Tatsuoka求理想项目反应模式全集是错误的,并提出几种确定理想项目反应模式全集的方法和几种新的分类方法,并用蒙特卡洛模拟比较这些分类方法与规则空间方法的优劣.
Cognitive diagnosis can be treated as a problem of identifying feature variables and statistical pattern classification. The rule space model (RSM) belongs to this category. In this study, the Tatsuoka's Q-matrix theory was modified and simpler methods of generating ideal item-response patterns were introduced. And the method that ideal item response patterns based on Polytomous models derived from the reduced incidence matrix is introduced. In addition, several methods to the classification of cognitive competencies were proposed. Monte Carlo stimulation was used to compare the new methods with Tatsuoka' s classification method. Simulation results showed the behaviors of the new methods are comparable with the Tatsuoka' s method .